Sony Hammers Xbox Over Price, Used Games

At a coming-out party for its upcoming PlayStation 4 console, Sony leveled its guns at rival Microsoft’s Xbox One device and fired until the chambers were empty.

During a press event Monday night at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, Sony hammered home key points about its new gaming system: Sharing games will be free. If people want to sell used games, that’s fine. And a near-constant Internet connection, meant to monitor game usage, won’t be required.

In other words, the PS4 will do many things the new XBox apparently cannot. Oh, and the PlayStation 4 will sell for $399 — $100 less than the Xbox One. Both consoles are expected this fall in time for the holiday shopping season, setting up a battle for the hearts, minds and wallets of the gaming community.

Who, in their right mind, would buy an X-Box One over a PS 4 with all their DRM and intrusion into the selling of games you’ve purchased. AND the PS4 is cheaper…. guess that happens when a company is too big to notice it’s fucking up big time.

I’ll still wait until I know what Nintendo’s next move is. The PS4 is certainly more interesting than being X-Boned by MS (and the price of PS3’s should be better too :) but we’ve got a bit of an investment in the DS handheld.

If it ain’t “make a helluvalot more Wii U games” then they’re in trouble. As well as the 3DS is doing, they really need to make a return on their investment in the Wii U. They haven’t been supporting it with software like they said they would, and thats killing sales. At the very least, they need to bring on their 1st party franchises. Atm, there is New SMB U and… And thats it.

They need to release a new Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Starfox, Mother/Earthbound, Loz, DKC… Hell, I’d even take a new Metroid so long as the makers of “Other M” are out and never touch the franchise again.

As much as I dislike Sony in general, they’re the smartest ones in the console business atm. It bothers me to see the big names in the biz lose their minds simultaneously. “We don’t have to try. People will buy it anyway because they’re morons. PCs? Tablets? Smartphones? Never heard of ‘em.”